Flittner N.D. (1879-1957), Eastern Studies scholar

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FLITTNER Natalia Davydovna (1879, St. Petersburg - 1957, Leningrad), Historian of the East, Egyptologist. Ph.D. (Doctor of History) (1940). Graduated from the Department of History and Philology of Higher Women’s Courses (Bestuzhev courses) in 1904, and passed state examinations at St. Petersburg University in 1913. Since 1919, lectured at Petrograd (Leningrad) University (Professor since 1940) and the Academy of Arts. In 1919, was appointed research assistant of the Hermitage. Made an important contribution to Egyptology, research of ancient Eastern culture and art. Wrote over 100 articles and books. In the 1920s, she lived at 8 Ligovsky Avenue, in the 1950s - at 32 Dvortsovaya Embankment. Buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery.

References: Памяти Н. Д. Флиттнер // Вестн. древ. истории. 1959. № 4. С. 158-159.

T. V. Ermakova. Flittner Natalia Davydovna
Dvortsovaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 32
Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Памяти Н. Д. Флиттнер // Вестн. древ. истории, 1959 Bestuzhev's Courses
State University, St. Petersburg
Academy of Arts
Hermitage
Seraphimovskoe Cemetery